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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-10-10
The X ECKER,

FROM the st. lnnis Globe Democrat.
Theterm "kicker" belongs 20 the political phrase
oogy OF times, and Is applied 10 the disconten.ed,
dissatisfied, pusnacious selfish, obstinate voter
VINO does not accept or approve the action OF his
party. This term, like "booder," "flat-footei,-
'level-head con. men, and kindred expressions
originated Within the past ten years I'm a sort Of
spontaneous way, like other special terms past and
present one story OF the origin OF the phrase s.the
klcker Is that In Steuben County, n. ". one Bill
Stearns was noted fighter, whose chief mode
OF attack ana defense was In kicking instead az
Striking out from the shoulder Stearns wasa local
poiltlclan as Well and was generally sent to the
county conventions as delegate on one occa-
sion ne represented his town at gathering which
adopted resolution Endorsed by every vote save
his own The chairman In announcing the rt-
suit, declared that the measure was adopted
unanimously" whereupon Stearns spranp
10 his feet and said: "Mr. Chairman. want the
secretary 10 record my vote In the negative I'm
down on the resolutions, and IL they were left TO
me 10 be disposed OF Id Kick em into the NJ rect
The chairman replied that, judging from Stearns'
reputation as a KICKER he could dispose OF the
resolutions In the manner mentioned were they
turned over 10 him for that purpose, but that
The unanimity OF the meeting as 10 the justice of
the measure was so apparent that Stearns might
kick himself Instead" IL lac didn't like them
Bill was thereupon chrstened 1.-THE kicker" by his
fellow delegates, and the name chung 10 him until
it was applied In more public way TO the obsti-
nate pugnacious class OF voters that modern
politics has produced.
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Not Used to q Hotel.


"You would think that In this age OF the world
there was no man such fogy as not to be up with
the ordinary rules and customs OF hotel life"
had been talking with the night clerk OF the Ire
mont. He continued: "An Old man came In to-
night carrying his valise, to which he chung as
though IL held all he had In this world, The bell.
boy over there offered TO take IL, but the old man
ordered him to stand back Then he approach he'd
me and said he wanted to go to bed. saw that
he was a well-meanlng old gentlemen and unused
pretty high. He looked at me, and said he didn't
want to go where he couldn't get out III anything
happened. And don't want to be put in a Ted
with body else, nuther,' he exclaimed. want
a bath !? asked. At this he grew furious, and
said he had good wash just before he LEFT home,
probably need a bath, re said, by the time he got
ready to leave this tavern. 1 thought that was
one on me. persuaded him to register, and then
called the bell-bOy TO show him up. The old
fellow objected. He said he didn't want no
niger prOwlin' around the halls with him. To
please him went with him. and we got into the
elevator. 1t is fact that the Old fellow then grew
speechlesS, and when we reached the landing on
the fourth floor he asked me II there was other
way OF getting TO the room. sd rather climb I'D
ladder from the outside he said, than TO g't In
that box agin. Sposin' that rope was to break
Having reached his ROOM he took Inc 10y the hand
and said Goodbye In a warm-hearted way and
said did. 'Well,' he said, 'mebbe John III come
prowlin' roune here lookfn for me before git up
lf he does let him come up i haint seen John for
nigh on eleven years-when L beat him Oh a calf
trade And he shook my hand again. came back
to the Office and felt better. We laugh at such
salt OF the earth, and the article is getting scarce
tn the market"
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HeW Girls Nc Down.


The variety OF complicated chairs In the thea
ten make &c q matter OF concern 20 get safely
seated. To women the problem r. rendered fur-
ther difficult by bustles. A sun reporter watched
two girls as they took places In front OF him. TX
you have ever seen pet dog curl himself up for q
nap near the fireplace you have fair idea OF how
these girls got into their seatS They added GO
the dogs maneuyers the sinuous grace OF the cat,
who nesties down for the same purpose. The dosi
You remember, takes a good look at the vicinity
IL closely. and keeping his eyes upon IT, turns
clear around Then lac turns around again, and
as the revolution continues he gradually settles
down, and down, and down, until, at the end of
perhaps the fourth round. ne r. on the noor, his
TAI curleu up IN mont OF him. his paws stretched
out and his nose upon them IL takes nice
calculation on the dogs part 10 get down
as ne desires. These girls having found their
places with reasonable directness, looked AZ them
carefully and turned round. They could not well
TWIST Their necks about, as the dog does, 10 ses
that they do not escape their mark, but they
settle slowly, with an undustory notion after the
manner OF the cat That great tournure, you
Know Is elastic as well rigid, ana IL only needs
that it shall be crushed In the right way for IL 20
resume its original form without accident when
sure Is exerted upon IL IL becomes a critical mo-
ment for the dress. Now Il does not follow that a
girl can SIT directly down upon the tournure with
safety 10 IT, IL r. a recalc.trant creation. and
tempt 10 subdue IL at one fell swoop Is likely 10
enc dlsastrously for IL Will slip away 20 side,
ana then, II IL is not hopelessly out Of place. the
wearer will have 10 begin all over again. SO the
girls had 10 come down slowly, waving their
bodies from side SIDE bringing pressure 10 bear
themselves into their chairs when the hustle
wasn't thinking.
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VARIOUS SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CONSIDERATION or
HOME MlSTRESsRs.
f. Cas " e.

VARIOUS SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CONSIDERATION or
HOME MlsTRESsRs.
From Cassels Family Magazine.
change In social sentiment would produce an
equal economic change. 1t is the tendency OF the
times to degrade and not to elevate household
service, and to discourage American girls from
choosing the employment OF servant" on account
OF its implied social degradation. Ladies' who
read Carlyle, and who take pleasure In Herbert,s
often quoted lines upon the divinity OF drudgery,
have manner OF considering their maids the In
habitants of a different world from their own.
While their theories are sound on the dignity OF
labor, their practice places aborers in lowly DO
Sition. H0usework VIII be elevated when IL Is re-
garded as a business honorabl and respected. III
the mistress would hire her servants as her hus-
band in trade hires his clerks, the relations be-
tween the manager OF the house and the laborers
would be on the sound basis Of political economy,
and not On q social or sentimental footing, As In
other fields OF Labor thorough training would be
expected and the girl who aSires to service would
learn her profession as the boOkkeeper learns To
keep his accounts In order TO maintain q con-
tented household, and to encourage the best eff
forts OF her servants the mistress would aim TO b,
impartial, kind and and considerable, the farmer
or merchant endeayOrS TO gain the affection and
respect or his workmen.
The business principles which regulate the
household be applied still higher TO the public
part In the domestic service question. In many
European countries governmental supervision
regulates household service. servants i'm some
places possess conduct books, without which they
cannot find situations. The miStreSses note the
girls behavior In this book which is countersgned
10y the police. Why could not the system suggest
an American plan OF regulation? 4 supervising
board OF domestic service, composed OF the proni-
nent matronS OF city or town. would be a useful
department OF municipal government. Its duties
would be the supervision OF Intelligence Offices
and the careful oversight OF the unprotected girls
as wei as prevention OF fraud gainst housekeep-
erS, and Its good results can be predicted as ole
answer TO a difficult problem.
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Barn StOrming in the Northwest.

From the Minneapolis Journal.
81 suppose we have had the greatest trip that
ever a dramatic company had" remarked Jolly
Charles II. Yale, the manager OF the "Devirs Auc-
ton" the other evening. ave have been within
400 miles OF Alaska. In hall OF the places We did
not have any theater to play in. At spokane Falls
they built theater for US In twenty-fOur hours.
Fact. They wanted US to show there and we were
willing, but they did not even have skating rink
that they could mt up. But they said that IL We
would come they would have place for us and
pine boards, and placed a canvas top over it. The
place was packed. Cowboys came In drOves like
the cattle they take care OF. i remember one fell
low who could not get a seat. He kicked for a
while and then went out and got box. When-
ever he would get In any ones way he would move.
and the ballet girls used TO get about four Oilers OF
marriage at each town.
.'But 1t was at Anaconda, in Montana, that we
had the greatest experience that the show ever
had We made arrangements TO play at the Grand
Opera House. When We got there saw the most
dflapidated old barn that ever was. good able
bodied zephyr would have blown IL into the middle
OF next week. The stage was on trestles, and
every time any one placed his foot on 1t the whole
building shook. There was no curtain and not q
present our show In. That was the Grand opera
House. There was not man In the town that
could play q musical instrument. The natives
had never heard OF an orchestra We only had a
few hours TO prepare for the show. We built our
own dressing rooms, patched up some muslin for a
In. The man who plays Count Fortune would
speak a few lines and then put on h.s trousers and
20 down and play Tor the ballet. We had about
dozen men under the stage bracfng e up with
their backs. That Is how We gave the show, and
the people thought that 1t was the greal est thing
- earth
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I'd EDITION.
--latest Ieleglans to The Star.
81. PAUL PREPARING.
How the President Will He Welcomed
When He Arrives There Tonight.

When He Arrives There Tonight.
ST. PAUL, MIMI, october 1o.-The weather is
hne this morning, and the preparations Tor the
Presidents visit are quite complete, with the ex-
ceptlOn of the street decorations, which are now
rapidly going up. The system OF street illumina-
ton has been greatly added to, and will be hand
somer than ever before Perhaps the most nOta-
BILE and unique feature OF the reception will be
the parade OF the Snow-shOe and Toboggan Clubs,
which will turn out about 1,S0O gentlemen and
ladies' The hotels already filling up, and there is
promise OF the largest crowd ever seen In st. Paul
The Presidents train will arrive at go p M, and
VIII be met by a reception committees and escorted
to the Hotel Ryan, where Mayor Smith Will de-
liver the address of welcome. The party will leave
the hotel at As with military escort and win
proceed to Bridge Square, where the reviewing
stand has been erected from which they Will re-
view the procession. Mrs Cleveland will be re-
ceived by committee OF ladies'. The general re-
ception to the public will take place at the Ryan,
from o 80 to IL 80 pm.
ON HIS WAY TO or. PAUL
LACROSSE, Wis.,, October 1O.-The Presidents
special train reached Lacrosse at / O'Clock. A
salute OF twenty-one guns was fired. A
thousand, awaited the arrival Of the train
and loudly cheered the visitors as they alighted
and crossed the platform to carriages. The steam
whistles OF the sawmilS and steamboats, on the
mississippi screamed their lOudeSt
The station and the principal buildings OF the
city were taStefuly decked out with bunting. The
party were escorted through the principal streets
by the Governors guard.
The mayor and president OF the board Of trade
accompanied the President in his carriage. The
entire population, with great number from q
distance, were on the streets. The train stopped
20 minutes.
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From the st. Paul Globe.

from the 81. PAU otoUc
A weil-known society lady In this city patron
ICES faith.cure establishment. Her husband Is .
hard-hearted inndel, who looks upon faith cure as
sacrilegious nonsense and viii not tolerate his
wife's belief Consequently she takes advantage
OF his business hours when he Is engaged In his
ofIice down town, to enjoy the faith treatment. A
few DAYS ago she was seen coming out OF house
where the banner OF ''Chr1stian SCIENCE u hung
on the outer wall She tarr1ed for Q moment on
the steps OF the piazza. craning her head first In
one directiOn and then In the other to make sure
that no acquaintance was within sight. Then she
rapidly tripped out to the Sidewalk, and another
sWeeping glance OF the street was taken.
Assured that she had not been recognized but
still Cautious not to betray herself she hurried on
to the corner. Here she checked her gait Tor only
half q second TO give mysterious wave OF the
hand and to that It had been recognized by the
proper party. The person for whom this mystic
riOus signal was intended wss no other than the
cOachman who held the ladys carriage In waiting
on a SIDE street, The lady did NOS tafry for DE
had Travelled half dozen bl0cka The c0achman
evidently knew his business for he leisurey drove
the carriage along the cross street for three or four
blocks and halted unItl his mistress came up and
entered the carriage The lady was ashansd q
her superstition, and yet Is slave TO Il Tho poog
woman Is only one OF many such.
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EOR RENT-Mass. av.,
II near DupuntClr.. Ir.,

IGOR KENT-A NEAT TWO-STORY AND BASE
II nlent Brick House, rooms, ali improvements
1905 st. u-w.: rent $40.
as. II MANNER co
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Luke Shsrp in Detroit Free Press
instantaneous photography is an art that 10
very easy TO learn. Even the cheapest OF instrll.
ments will do TO take exceedingly good instanta-
neous pictures As the Waterbury watch is q
marvel OF cheapness In It's particular lne SO there
Is Waterbury camera that costs only few dol
lars, anu Yet gives excellent pictures. saw the
other day some photos taken with camera that o.
worn under the vest. IL looks like old fashioned
warming-pan without the handle, and the lens
takes the place OF one or the vest buttons Pull a
string In the vest pocket and you take picture
SIX pictures are taken on one plate. They are
round. and about an Inch and a half In diameter.
The beauty OF this device Is that YOU can GO
along the streets with your hands I'm your pockets
photographlng while the plate holds out 1 have
never tried one OF these concealed cameras but
should Imagine there would he a Difficulty In get
ting any particular person on the plate. Perhaps
practice would make IL possible 10 hit the mark
every time. In the detective cameras, which are
also recent Invention you can zee the picture
you are taking on little glass plate set IN the top
or the box. Then you run no risk In the matter u
mark SuanShip.
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AYLMFR. At his mothers residence, 17O3 street
northwest. sunday, October q, 1857. at O 30 D. M,
FRANCIS E. son Of Margaret Murray and tins lAss
Funeral from St Matthews Church. Wednesday
BOYD. The funeral of Col VIM II. BOYD will 10
held at the family residence. l4l4 Columbia street
Byron nnd I b. a. Friend. and s
quaintsnces are respectfully invited rs also Inenbes
OF the various organizations Of which the deceased
cAHI1, on sasgprdsy oe.cssr sth. 1881. :. e:se
months ana days beloved daughter q Daniel T. md
street north%s.. iussdss oe.eSsr ifih -. Il pm
Friends of the family invited 20 attend.
.Tsn sS,sR ths iassss VA, IKE y.
i Il sS,sS i: =: s5s.s
Der ana the friend. Of the family generally .re invited
to attend. Interment al Rock Creek Cemstery. q
e 81: ME TO- . sES
seventh yss. Il his sss Ct bis rssdsnos No. loss ss
His work s finished, he is 1t rest
Funeral services Will take T,scs irgm Calvary
i 80 ,. n: Friends and rsisii7.s in,issa !: !:
HAYES, On October g. 1887. PEARL VIOLET
HAYES dsp.rtsda tas life sssd one year spS I've
Gone with the bright angels sbovsi oh, hOW love
FROM her DsssasS Issiassos. Sit fli's ;ssss :sssl
HoPEIHs; A. Atlantic o..y. os.os.r ca, 1852.
Ssssa:as q E;n SSs. h.rso,a Ca Ma oss..
HOUSE. On the 10th inst, at Providence Hospital
seventh year.
IN s ' lss s' s:. =: "a :.
Wednesday ct 9p. n. -
s. ;.9ssz ss.:l ss:
Catherine McCunO0sh n The axtysaxth ysAr q ~
Funeral wfl tate plsee from his late seaideooa No
BIZ 9Th street norAvssh On THssosy 3 An- I'D
mas VIII g ssaa f0r he rspoes q h1s soul FhsodD
are rospootfully invited - attend
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A Judge on Divorce.


Judge Howe, OF Indianapolis recently made some
sensible remarks touching divorres An attorney
wanted him to take up divorce case. urging that
IL would require only 1--WE minutes 20 try IT, But
the Judge said that no case OF divorce could be
tried In fve minutes and went on 10 make some
renecuons on the multiplicity OF such actions He
uePIecateo the Idea that poverty was sufficient
eausc .oI setung aside a marriage, and denounced
tne lhetlueuullng practices OF friends and rela.
yves VINO III the wffe's head with the notion that
sne Is a martyr. He instanced a case which had
come oeio,e MN, where the daughter OF a well-to.
90 Sil.en hau married young man, ana although
ne had zone the best he could, the wife was told
oy meuulesome friends that she could have made
PETER match, ana eventually suit for divorce
Vas ,ne iesuls. one OF Washington Irvings most
sssvcnes Is that which tells OF wealthy
man VINO nad married a fashionable woman and
snorty alter their marriage lost all his property
Inc poor man suffered fortunes at the thought OF
now MS Vile would feel when she knew the facts
put 10 MS surprise and Joy, she went from the big
CITY mousse with Its fine furniture to the little cot
tage In the country, with light heart and merry
countenance, and their happiness Was uninter-
rupted. ms was probably mere fancy sketch of
lrvlngs, put IL has been many a time matched
and more than matched in real life And IL should
De the true ana only story OF welded life whers
misfortune mas interviewed In spite OF the hus-
DandS honest eXertionS. The old-fashioned idea
OF marriage was that IL was marriage for life and
IL viii be good thing when that idea shah be-
come prevalent again.
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Affairs III Idaho.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GovERNoR-GRowTH or
TERRITORY.

Edward A. Stevenson, governor Of Idaho. in his
annual report to the Secretary Of the Interior es-
mates the total population OF the Territory at
V,25O, which is an increase Of about 81, 900 over
the census estimates Of 1880. The aggregate as
sessed valuation Of taxable property in the Terri
tory is SEQ TAI, 1872 about s. 600 600 more than
last year. The loss OF stock during the last win
ter, the report says did not exceed 2k per cent.
Some OF the products OF the state are given fol.
lows: Bushels OF grain raised this year 374 32e;
TONS OF hay raised this year, 342,914; plumber OF
horses reported, 1872 22; number OF cattle.
AZ, 363; number OF sheep reported 3O2, 24S; num-
Der Of hogs reported, 6O,411. During the year
about 500 homestead entries have been made, COW
ering about 10000 acres; presumption entries,
$50, covering 80 600 acres; timba- culture entries
800, covering Al 500 acres, and 200 deSert-land en-
tries, covering 81, 500 acres. These figures are
given as only approximately correct.
Within the last three years the Oregon Short
line, the Utah and Northern, the Idaho Central
the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, the
Northern Pacific, the Occur DAlene Ranway, the
Spokane and Idaho Railway have been built, COM
pr1sing total mileage OF new railways Of S926S
miles
The production Of gold, silver, ana lead footed up
on value S., "a, 5S9.
The report states that one OF the greatest re-
quirements Of the Territory Is immigration to
supply demand for labor. It approves the legtS-
latiOn for the allotment OF lands In severaty to the
Indians and says the Indians are more peaceaolJ
l0Cu1eQ than hitherto and more inclined TO Work.
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Death Of M. G. Emerx IT,

MI. M. q. Emery, IT,, son Of Ex.mayor Emery
VINO mas oeen gradually failing for long time
under the attacks OF consumption died at O'Clock
this morning at his fathers residence on street.
BE had a Wide circle Of friends in this city, who
admired and loved him, and there will be general
sorrow at the news OF his DEATH and deep sympa-
thy WIN ms parents and family. He was a man
OK orlllant intellect, of thorough education
Of remarkable ability as speaker. and
OF great general capacity and promise,
~aose aaVancement in the line OF his worldly am
9ilons !" as constantly hampered by the bodily In
nrnilies Wncn have now in early manhood
Drousnt ms NE to close. He graduated from
fIince.on IN 1871, his course being broken by the
Necessary Oh health trips. He also graduated from
tne t law department Of Columbian University. AZ
yer nus graduation he married. and took his wife to
souInern Wanlornia, where his health seemed
~ ~. "ipr rooe; He returned to this city
ana prscsiced law, but the ravages
VI t.,, fnv; 9 n.np} gradually drove him
from MS profession. He has been Ill through
Inc summer at his fathers country residence. near
brlgntmood, and has only recently been brought
70 Ine Guy nome. He leaves a wife and little
daugnter; the pains Of his long illness and the
9isapp0lnIments which 1t brought to cherished
nopes . MsIs oorne by Mr.. Emery with Christian
greaI aOuiCy sunny, lovable disposition, which
won him friends everywhere and held them fast.
ana MS religious convictions were deep and his
lie pure ana admirable In every respect. He was
vestry man In the Church Of the Incarnation and
was Ialth1ul Christian worker while his strength
day afternoon.
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Women and Mont Blanc.


Sixty-one women In all have made the ascent OF
Mont Blanc. The fact is testified. saws a CORE
spondent OF Gdiignani, "by the antique register
religiously kept at the oce OF the guides at Cha.
mounix, as everybody may see for himself The
book Is more faithful record than one might
expect. just as on some Inflated precipice on the
Alps wooden cross marks the spot where too
adventurous climber has met his death so here
lugubriouS cross is set against the name OF
every victim who has failed TO reach his Journeys
end, and the oft-recurring formula, reqEiescat in
pace may perhaps account for the reluctance with
which the book Is shown TO intending excursion.
istS The first female ascent OF the giant OF the
Alps was made by two French women one or aris-
tocratic and the other OF plebian BIRTH Their ex-
ample was quickly followed In after seasons and
In the end the record stands as follows: English
women. 81; French women, 10; Russian women,
4; American women, s. Swiss women y and Pr,is-
sian, Danish, Hungarian, Italian and Austrian 1
each. Eleven OF these ladies accompanied their
husbands. The mania for making ascents through
evil and good report, has this year been rather
conspicuous, the excursions TO the summit having
numbered 30, as against an average OF IL. The
French on this occasion have taken the lead, fol-
lowed not very closely, 10y Engishmen ana English
women, and still farther or 10y Americans and Ger.
mans Most OF the French who have yentured
forth 70 the summit are members OF the Alpine
Club, while those OF other nationaties depend for
the most part upon their own resources or the
counsel OF guides"